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Ticks weaponised by the US government? (Probably Yeah)
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this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2026
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Post videos you genuinely enjoy and want to share, duh. Celebrate the diversity of interests shared by chapochatters by posting a deep dive into Venetian kelp farming, I dunno. Also media criticism, bite-sized versions of left-wing theory, all the stuff you expected. But I am curious about that kelp farming thing now that you mentioned it.
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Id like to have a conspiracy comm so we can actually discuss conspiracies. When this website started Epstein was still mildly taboo. Covid being a us bioweapon likewise, despite there being all sorts of weird shit. I'd come with more examples, but Im tired.
For a long time most discussions of things of that caliber is, at best, frowned upon in leftist circles. This then leads to the only circles allowing discussion being really reactionairy ones. This leads to reactionairy thought being more prevalent when a conspiracy breaks into the mainstream, because that is where the narrative has been resting. It also leads to people ending up in reactionary environments if they want to look into weird shit. It then leads to weird shit that isn't really supported becoming prevalent, which then takes away from actual systemic critique, good journalism, investigative work and the like. A good example is the Last Vegas Shooting, which had a lot of weird things going on, but because of how taboo discussions of that caliber are, most "conspiracy" discussions about the shooting end up at it being a false flag done by commie democrats to get more gun control.
Lot of words to say: when people in charge do shady shit, me want discuss. When me cant discuss in place with good moderation, me end up in place full of Nazis that day the jews did it.
It's important to remember the distinction between conspiracy, an act of covert collusion, and conspiracy theory, the free association and riffing upon inconsistencies, real or perceived.
I think that conspiracy theories are in the same bucket as paranormal or religious stuff. These are people looking for explanations to things they can't, don't, or won't understand. They grasp at straws and then double down based on faith especially when their beliefs are contradictory to reality.
Communists lean on materialism, that is the real, as our primary philosophy for explaining the world around us. This is inherently contradictory to unfounded faith. What I mean is that the process by which conspiracy theories are created is inherently in opposition to the way that Marxists seek to explain the world.
Rather than gravitating to the process of hallucinating a narrative to justify your pre-existing beliefs and worldview, a good Marxist should instead seek to analyze and explain the "weird stuff" by doing actual investigative work firsthand and then doing good journalism yourself.
That is a distinction you make to separate yourself from a group of people you dislike. This distinction is however meaningless in the broad view of the public. As I said: speak of these subjects and you will be breaking a taboo, no matter how "proper" or whatever you are about it. Talk about project Northwoods or how Uyghurs extremists were funded by the US in the late 00's or the many many details surrounding the destruction of Nord Stream 2 and you will be labeled a conspiracy theorist. This taboo also exists on hexbear, despite these things not being 'hallucinations', they will get you treated as a reactionairy or doofis. Saying I hallucinate these things is incredibly rude and a good example of what I talk about with taboo.